Friday, 17 April 2009

Another catch-up: Toy Story 2

  

Brilliant animation from Pixar. Humour, emotion, action, technology all rolled into one. Plenty of homages built in (to Star Wars, Cape Fear and many more), as well as the usual adult jokes so that it plays at all levels. That's the wonder of Disney...
Tour guide Barbie: "...and this is the Buzz Lightyear aisle. Back in 1995, short-sighted retailers did not order enough dolls to meet demand." True, only 60k were ordered by US retailers in the launch year; to date 9m models of Buzz Lightweight, sorry - Buzz Lightyear, have been sold worldwide.
* Director John Lassiter's story is here: hereitbegins.blogspot.com
* www.pixar.com - Up is the latest full-length feature from Pixar